Adaptive Governance
Ronald D. Brunner et al.
368 pages, softcover: $29.50
Columbia University Press, 2005.

Five case studies of Western natural resources battles show communities how to move toward "adaptive governance" — policy-making through open processes that involve multiple interests and many kinds of knowledge. The authors’ aim is to help break the gridlock that so often paralyzes decisions about how best to manage fisheries, forests and rangeland. Although heavy on the wonk, this guide should prove worthwhile for both public officials and private citizens.